Door-fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT FFTCE.

GILBERT YATES, OF )VEST DRESDEN, NEW YORK.

DOOR-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,469, dated December 28, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GrLnnnT Yarns, of lVest Dresden, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Portable Door-Fastener; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making' a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of the fastener', as closed up for being carried in the pocket. Fig. 2, is a sectional side elevation-the bolt thrown partly back. Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the underside of the face-plate, showing the joint, and also the slot for the bolt to pass through when securing the door. Fig. el, is an end view of the hook, and the end of the bolt, and also the hole for receiving the dowel in the end of bolt. Fig. 5, is a sectional view of the fastener, as applied when fastening the door.

Siniilar letters refer to corresponding parts in each gure.

The nature of Iny invention consists in having the bolt (when turned at a right angle) pass through a slot in the face plate, which operation is accomplished by the hinge-joint in said face plate.

To enable others skilled in the art to inake, and use niy invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, to wit:

A, and A, compose a faceplate. They are (as well as the whole fastener) made of metal. They are jointed together by a hingejoint d.

AH is a hook inade on the end of A by turning it (A) at a right angle.

(L, is a hole in A, Inade to receive the dowel ci, is pin or wire used for forming the hinge in A, A.

B, is the bolt.

, is a dowel in the end of bolt.

b, are spurs thrown up on the ends of the bolt to prevent the bolt from slipping out of the keeper.

C, is a keeper, or thiinblef7 for holdingl the belt.

D, is a slot, inade in the faceplate A for the bolt B to pass through when it is used for fastening the door.

E, is a portion of a door.

F, is the door' easing.

jf', is the rabbet in the casing.

To use iny fastener, the bolt B is thrown out to the spur 2'/ (as shown in Fig. 5). The faceplate (the part is then thrown then opened and the fastener is applied by placing the keeper or bolt against the face of the door casing. The part A is then thrown in the rabbet f. The door is then closed, when the hook is forced into the casing; the bolt B, is then shoved through the slot D (as shown by the dotted lines) when the door is securely fastened. lV hen the fastener is taken olf, it is closed up, as shown in Fig. l. It is then in a compact forni, quite smooth. Therefore it will not wear the pocket as inuch as the other fasteners do. Neither is it as bulky, yet possessing all the strength that is required.

I ain aware that there is quite a number of fasteners, already patented, all of which I disclaim, lout )What l claiin as iny invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A door fastener constructed of the pieces A, A', A-bolt B keeper C-and slot D- operating as herein'set forth.

GILBERT YATES.

Witnesses:

A. B. MGLEAN, JOHN VENZIE. 

